a few more pages from the same journal . . .

thank you to each of you have left comments . . . keeping up with all the daily tasks lately has been about all that I can manage but I want you to know that I really appreciate and am encouraged by your thoughts.

. . . another journal page

end of AUTUMN

This is a page in an old forgotten journal I found as I was putting kits together for this weekend. I will be teaching two workshops at the Country Loft in La Mesa, CA . . . I will post more pages over the next few days before I leave Friday for my adventure.

my heart mail trade . . .

Happy Valentine's Day

balance . . .

BIRD CAGE . . . a journal page

PLANT ROOTS . . . keeping your ideas locked up . . . FLY . . . set them FREE send them out into the universe

visual Art journaling . . . with WORDS!

PLAY retreat . . . . COLLECTION REPEAT

another journal page . . .

Two more journal pages I worked on at PLAY

My darling friend, Dawn (a great traveling companion BTW), thought of "the dirty dozen", "girls on the edge" & "a little black dress" . . . . that is ALWAYS the hardest part for me - thinking of words to add to my pages. Tracy told us about books that have great first lines - for the beginning of a story - I will definitely be getting one of those. A little nonsense added to each page might be the perfect solution for me!

Back from PLAY

. . . an art journaling retreat in Port Townsend, WA . . . refreshed and energized! This is a photo of the beach which I had never been to before in all the years I have gone to ArtFest. Fort Worden is beautiful even though it was pretty cold right now for an Arizona girl! The always inspiring Teesha and Tracy Moore were our gracious generous hosts.


This is the opening page of the journal that I worked on while I was there. The pages were made from recycled brown paper grocery bags (ala inspiration from Judy Wise) that were painted with a light coating of gesso . . . more pages tomorrow.